Shadowing Practice: Deadpool "Maximum Effort" Highway Scene - Deadpool (2016) Movie CLIP HD - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 29 sentences and 156 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:54. The speaker talks slowly, about 54 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

13 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• bang /ˈbæŋ/ (noun) — A sudden percussive noise.
• smooth /smuːð/ (adjective) — Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
• leather /ˈlɛðɚ/ (noun) — A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier…
• butt /bʌt/ (noun) — The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
• stack /stæk/ (noun) — A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
• fry /fɹaɪ/ (verb) — To cook (something) in hot fat.
• swallow /ˈswɑ.loʊ/ (verb) — To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
• shotgun /ˈʃɑtɡʌn/ (noun) — A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
• stove /stoʊv/ (noun) — A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
• rhyme /ɹaɪm/ (noun) — Rhyming verse (poetic form).
• fondle /ˈfɒndəl/ (verb) — To touch or stroke lovingly.
• pack /pæk/ (noun) — A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
• maximum /ˈmæksɪməm/ (noun) — The highest limit.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• go under (verb) — To descend into a body of water; to founder.
• look for (verb) — To seek.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as wanna, you're, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, leather /ˈlɛðɚ/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bang, smooth, leather.